Annotation

Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and the Philharmonia Orchestra

Annotation last modified on 2011-08-07 21:54 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1786)
part of:
Die Hochzeit des Figaro (German translation)
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:16
2Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed EuridiceChristoph Willibald Gluck5:54
3Dance Macabre
recording of:
Danse macabre, op. 40
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 40)
is based on:
Danse macabre (song for voice and piano)
Camille Saint‐Saëns7:23
4Moonlight Sonata (exc.)
Ludwig van Beethoven6:22
5Overture to Tannhäuser
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Ouvertüre
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70
part of:
Tannhäuser: Ouverture and Venusberg Music (ouverture and venusberg music (Act 1, scene 1) from Tannhäuser by Wagner)
Richard Wagner14:11
6Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda
Amilcare Ponchielli9:22
7Minuet
Luigi Boccherini3:34
8Barcarolle from the Tales of HoffmannJacques Offenbach3:59
9Pomp and Circumstance March No. I
recording of:
Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major
premiered in:
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom (on 1901-10-19)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1901)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. Ltd. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes)
part of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39
Sir Edward Elgar6:00

Credits

Release Group

part of:The Royal Treasury of Classical Music (number: 6)